Who is Andy and what does he do?

Andy is Ant and Dec’s full-time writer, and works with them on I’m a Celeb, Saturday Night Takeaway and Britain’s Got Talent.

He has been their only full-time writer for the last 12 years.

Andy’s also said to be the brains behind the boys making light of Ant’s rehab stint in the opening episode of I’m a Celeb.

Andy also co-wrote their best-selling autobiography, Ooh! What a Lovely Pair: Our Story.

How important is Andy?

Very, it seems. Sources close to Ant and Dec say Andy is is “as important as Brian Epstein was for the Beatles” when it comes to making the pair such a success.

An insider told the Daily Mirror: “It might be Ant and Dec on screen, but off it they regularly work as a trio and it is Ant and Dec and Andy. The boys have him involved in all of their big shows – Takeaway,

Britain’s Got Talent and I’m A Celebrity – and haven’t made a project without him in more than a decade.

“This year there was lots of scrutiny around Ant, but once again Andy has helped the boys look brilliant on screen.”